International Space Station Assembly

This annotated animation details the assembly of the International Space Station, from the launch of the first segment in 1998 to today and beyond.

[CubeKutay]

The fact they did this in 2 minutes... damn...

[KSPAtlas]

Finally. I was using these instructions to make a ISS in KSP.

[pcferret]

Just awe inspiring. Simply looking up and watching that bright white dot zipping overhead for a few minutes, never fails to amaze, every single time.

[mrericsully]

Thanks for posting this, I've been wanting an updated animation like this to show my students in class.
It'd be great if this animation could also include the names of the missions that did the building, as well as, at least the Expedition numbers, if not full crew names, at the same time.

[Slavic_Sky]

amazing structure, thousands of mans work.

[supertrinigamer]

Thank you for this video dude. Diagrams of the ISS are no use! Too complicated. This helped a big amount

[anaclaro]

Un año después de nacer mi hija, montaron el Módulo ZARYA y aquí estoy yo hoy montándolo para empezar a construir mi propia ISS. Este video es fundamental pero los de @JaredOwen no tienen precio. No sé qué hubiera hecho sin vosotros. Mil gracias.😍

[MrHitfromthabong]

Wow, great animation! You guys are really good at cgi :)

[roccoaelijahnewman]

Nice how you included the new modules but not the new solar panels!

[NetScourge]

IMO this is humanity's greatest accomplishment. Imagine telling people 1000 years ago that we built a structure in outer space. They would NEVER believe it.

[Zachari]

It would be so amazing to be up there...

[RENO_K]

Wow.. it looks so different than it is today

[damiandassen]

I just remembered seeing this video often when I was still a small child.

[geomodelrailroader]

That's how they did it and after 10 years The Station is complete

[sherzadhaji]

Cause it's a bunch of Lego pieces flying out there, so yeah, take any piece and put it anywhere at any time you choose. Everything works perfectly.

[kerbalengineeringsystems]

Here we are, eleven years later, with the Nauka science module finally attached

[iBSTN]

I love how the solar panels unroll, but no beams are supporting them to suspend outward. Retractable beams? Who pulled them out, astronauts in jet packs? I would love some videos. ISS is a miracle ❤

[dkapbboy]

I like building this in Civ V. "Two great scientists appear outside of your capital" :D

[harold_flowerz]

One of mankind’s greatest achievements.... with no real video proof

[BlackStar]

I did that in four hours, by using official ISS Lego kit. Luckily just before 20th Anniversary day.

Too sad that the struss segment is out of scale compared to rest of the station. Damn you Lego. Now I need to fix that in the future..